Mayor and Council Members

City Council's Mission, Vision, and Priorities

Mission

• To provide high-quality services and good governance for the City of Prince George within available resources.

Vision

• To be a highly functioning, focused, effective, efficient, responsive, productive, and accountable Council.

Priorities

• Council's focus areas and priorities are described in the Annual Report and Corporate Plan.
• Learn more about the Annual Report and Corporate Plan
  

Mayor of Prince George

Mayor Lyn Hall has been an active member of the Prince George community for over 30 years. He first entered local politics in 2001 when he won a seat as a School Trustee on the Prince George School Board. He spent 10 years on the board holding various positions including vice-chair and chair.

In 2011, he ran and successfully won a seat on Prince George City Council. As a Councillor, he was a member of several committees and community groups. In 2014, he ran a successful campaign for Mayor of Prince George. Mayor Hall and his wife Lorrelle are the parents of twin daughters, both of whom graduated UNBC and played soccer for the UNBC Timberwolves.

Council Members

Frank Everitt

"Being re-elected to my second term as a city Councillor is both a privilege and an honour. Prince George has the ability to truly become the economic hub of the North. I believe the team you have elected has the drive, experience, and determination to move an agenda that will engage the residents and businesses in Prince George, and make our City the very best it can be  – a place to be proud to call home.

I became President of U.S.W, (then IWA), in 1983, a position that I still hold today. Prince George has been my home for over 30 years and my wife Kathy has lived in Prince George for most of her life. Together we have four sons, Shawn, Calvin, Chad, and Ryan, three of whom still live in Prince George and are raising their families here. We also have four grandsons and one granddaughter."

Garth Frizzell

Garth Frizzell was elected to Prince George City Council in 2008. He was re-elected in 2011 and 2014.

Born in Surrey, Garth lived in Sechelt as a young boy. He received his double major in Computer Science and Asian Studies from the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Victoria. During that time, his volunteer work with student United Nations led to his appointment as the first Canadian Secretary-General at the model UN in New York.  During meetings in 1995, Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali accepted Garth's invitation to join him on stage at the General Assembly.

Garth spent two years in Ottawa working at Statistics Canada where he was awarded a Gold Medal for employee recognition for his part in work building an employee recruitment/retention system.

Garth came to Prince George in 1996 to earn his Masters' degree at UNBC in International Studies.  He met his wife Sue, and they have three children. Garth and Sue successfully invested in Prince George, spending 10 years building a multi- award-winning software technology company with a dozen highly skilled staff.

With a 15-year business background in technology entrepreneurship, Garth currently teaches technology and business courses at the College of New Caledonia.

Since being elected, Garth has contributed countless hours, and been elected nine times to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM).  In 2013, these contributions earned him the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal. In June 2017, Garth became the first Councillor from Prince George to be elected 3rd Vice President of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM). He is currently (2018) serving as FCM's 2nd Vice President.

Albert Koehler

"I feel tremendously honoured to have been elected for a second term as a Prince George Councillor and recently to be elected by council to also serve as director on the board of the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George. In 1985 I started an engineering company which soon had customers all over BC. While the company grew, more employees had to be hired and offices in Vancouver and Prince George had to be established. My wife and I have two children and three grandchildren."

Murry Krause

"It is an incredible honour to have been re-elected to my sixth term as a Councillor for the City of Prince George. I was born and raised in Prince George and I have a great sense of pride in what we have become as a community. I was elected to Prince George City Council from 1996 to 1999 and then again from 2002 to the present. I currently serve as a Director on the Regional District of Fraser Fort George and the President of the Union of BC Municipalities. I am the Executive Director of the Central Interior Native Health Society, a position I've held for almost 20 years. Prior to that, I was the Executive Director of the Prince George and District United Way for 13 years."

Terri McConnachie

"As a proud citizen of Prince George for more than 40 years, I have enjoyed meeting and working with the amazing people in our community in a career built primarily in the challenging and dynamic not-for-profit sector. My tenure as the General Manager of the Prince George Exhibition included bringing Prince George's oldest community event through to its centennial celebrations. As the present Executive Officer for the Canadian Home Builders' Association of Northern BC, and an invested member of the Nechako Rotary Club, I am delighted to have been elected to a seat on City Council in the 2014 election and subsequently appointed to the Prince George Public Library Board.

Together with my husband, Kevin, we have helped to raise three wonderful people.  Our two daughters are currently attending UNBC and our son is a red seal Millwright."

Jillian Merrick

It is my privilege to serve my community in my first term as an elected official. I began as the youngest official to have ever been elected to this role, and I have since worked hard to earn your respect as a diligent, thoughtful, and well-rounded Councillor. 

My life in Prince George began in 2002 when I moved from my hometown in Halfmoon Bay, BC to attend UNBC, eventually graduating in 2007 with a BA in Economics and International Studies. During my studies, I earned my tuition by tree planting across northern BC every summer, allowing me to devote the school semesters to learning and volunteering with student organisations. Since graduation, I have pursued a career in non-profit management, and I specialise in business and community economic development. In 2017, I completed a certificate in Public Administration from UNBC. I currently work part-time for Barkerville Historic Town & Park and serve as a Director for Integris Credit Union.

When not at the Council table, I'm in various committee and board meetings, gardening and cooking, DIY home reno'ing, and travelling back and forth between Wells and Prince George to be with my family. I am always keen to meet for coffee or a pint, and attend community events when I can.

Susan Scott

"It is my honour and privilege to serve on Prince George City Council. I was born in Edmonton, raised in Vancouver and came to Prince George in 1992 to create and establish the bookstore at UNBC. Currently I work for Pacific Western Transportation in the Transit division head office (PWTransit Canada Ltd.) helping the management team to secure work in the transit side of the business.  Previously I worked for 22 years in the college and university bookstore system, at Vancouver Community College, Langara College and UNBC.  It was the opportunity to establish UNBC's bookstore that brought me to Prince George.

My volunteer roles in the community have included the University Hospital of Northern BC (where I spent more than 13 years as Assistant Chaplain) and the Prince George Rotary Hospice House (as Spiritual Care Advisor and then Volunteer).  I walk with people and their families as they confront grief and loss, connecting with them at Hospice and through (all) the area funeral homes. My husband, Charles, and I have three adult sons - Christopher (Amelia), Michael (Dana) and David."

Brian Skakun

I was re-elected on November 15th for my fifth term as City Councillor. I am proud to have been able to call Prince George home for the past 47 years. I love our four seasons and spend a lot of time outdoors doing a number of things in my spare time.

During the next four years, I look forward to working with groups, individuals, businesses, and other levels of government to help make Prince George one of the most inviting and caring communities possible.